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The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover that has four leaflets instead of three. According to traditional sayings, such clovers bring good luck, [ 1] although it is not clear when or how this idea began. One early mention of "Fower-leafed or purple grasse" is from 1640 and simply says that it was kept in gardens ...
Quatrefoil. A quatrefoil (anciently caterfoil) [ 1] is a decorative element consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter. It is found in art, architecture, heraldry and traditional Christian symbolism. [ 2]
A shamrock. A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. [ 1] The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ( [ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ] ), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover".
What we do know is that the four-leaf clover has been a symbol of luck for centuries. Just to name a few examples, it's mentioned in a book from the 1600s, it was carried as soldier's good-luck ...
The four properties are cohesion (water), solidity or inertia (earth), expansion or vibration (air) and heat or energy content (fire). He promulgated a categorization of mind and matter as composed of eight types of " kalapas " of which the four elements are primary and a secondary group of four are colour, smell, taste, and nutriment which are ...
The four buildings directly across the street from the Wood County Courthouse are now owned by the county. They plan is to tear them down to make additional parking space for the courthouse.
Clover, also called trefoil, are plants of the genus Trifolium (from Latin tres 'three' + folium 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with highest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in ...
Oxalis deppei Lodd. ex Sweet. Oxalis tetraphylla (often traded under its synonym O. deppei) is a bulbous herbaceous perennial plant from Mexico. It is sometimes sold as lucky clover or shamrock (though it is neither a clover nor a shamrock). In the wild or feral state it is often called four-leaved wood-sorrel after its family, Oxalidaceae.